Jersey City Police DepartmentAuthorities are looking for the Hispanic male in the gray-hooded shirt in connection with the Dec. 22 stabbing. The person in the blue-hooded shirt to his right is considered a potential witness.

Police have released images of a man thought to have stabbed a fellow Christmas shopper while both waited in line to buy coveted new Nike Air Jordan sneakers in Jersey City’s Newport Centre Mall on Dec. 22.

When police arrived at the mall after the 10:19 p.m. incident, they found the 20-year-old victim outside the building, sitting in a puddle of blood and drifting in and out of consciousness, reports said.

The Duncan Avenue man was rushed to the Jersey City Medical Center, where it was determined he had been stabbed seven times, reports said, adding that the wounds were not life-threatening.

At the hospital, the victim told police that he was in line to buy the Nike Air Jordan XI Concords at Foot Locker inside the mall when he got into an argument with another man in line, reports said. When they began to fight, four to six other men joined the attack on the victim, reports said.

The Duncan Avenue man said he thought he was being punched but realized he was being stabbed with knives, reports said.

The victim was stabbed in the back, shoulder, leg and arm, but he managed to get away, staggered out of the mall and collapsed near the Hudson-Bergen Light Rail station, reports said.

The man being sought by police is about 18 years old and was wearing a gray hooded sweatshirt, police said. Anyone with information on his identity is asked to call the Jersey City police tip line at (201) 547-JAIL.